Job Description
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA's OTT advertising service. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.
WUSA9, TEGNA's flagship TV station and CBS affiliate in Washington, DC, is seeking a Managing Editor to execute on our editorial agenda around our content pillars and brand lens focused on broadcast.
The successful candidate will manage reporters, the assignment desk manager and futures planning editor.
The Managing Editor will partner with the Assistant News Director on making key decisions on story selection, breaking news coverage, and planning for all day parts especially mornings and big event coverage.
This role requires strong news judgment, strong knowledge of the market area, and experience managing journalists and projects in a multi-platform newsroom. The Managing Editor should also have experience making strategic, data-informed decisions. They have scrupulous attention to detail, a cool head under pressure, and excellent communication skills are essential.
Responsibilities:
- Manage reporters and partner with them to break news, find exclusives and execute on stories that fit our brand lens.
- Work with reporters to shape their broadcast copy, develop their reporting skills, and monitor their performance.
- Develop coverage plans for big events including inauguration and elections.
- Oversee the workflow of the Assignment Desk on identifying breaking news, enterprising stories that fit our brand lens and keeping a consistent log of stories that need further development or follow-up coverage.
- Hold desk editors and reporters accountable for daily audience needs and maintaining sources/contacts in the community.
- Oversee workflow of Futures Planning Editor on keeping the newsroom ahead in coverage especially the GUDC team
- Ensure coverage aligns with company standards and show good judgment in handling sensitive topics, seeking advice when needed.
- Assist with scheduling and other administrative responsibilities.
Requirements:
- B.S. in Journalism or similar relevant field
- At least 10 years working as a leader in a broadcast news environment
- Experience directly managing teams and working cross-functionally to achieve newsroom goals
- Skilled writer and editor with demonstrated experience coaching reporters, producers and desk editors
- Effective communicator who can clearly articulate strategy and priorities to your team, your peers and senior leadership
- Strong knowledge of journalistic and ethical standards and practices and the editorial/technical/logistical processes required to assess and elevate multimedia content.
- Demonstrated ability to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and understands that DEI is an element of offering an accurate report to audiences
- Demonstrated excellence in news judgment and ability to swiftly and accurately lead reporting on all platforms while emphasizing fairness, accuracy, context, transparency, facts and truth.
- Ability to lead, motivate and supervise a team. Requires superior people and mentoring skills, and knowledge of good management practices.
- Previous working experience as Managing Editor or Executive Producer
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
- Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers. If you are unsure if a message is from TEGNA, please email askhr@tegna.com.
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